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Meanings of restrictiveness in English

A lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits.

      Usage of restrictiveness in English
      1
      The restrictiveness is evident in the long title which outlines the Bill's intention.
      The Irish Times
      2
      That seems such a stupid restrictiveness, but it's a case of cookies, so I'll cut that out.
      The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
      3
      It means that we lack a common vision and we operate in a climate of fear and restrictiveness.
      Radio NZ
      4
      So they are going to replace the companies that are actually trying to protect their content with their restrictiveness.
      The new yorker
      5
      The intention of such restrictiveness was to keep the neighborhoods safe as crews worked to repair a devastated infrastructure.
      Climbing Magazine
      6
      Using a qualitative case study approach, we selected four states with varying levels of restrictiveness in their nurse delegation regulations.
      Pubmed
      Restrictiveness through the time